80 acres of land owned by deaf twin brothers, David and Peter Brown in the late 1800's, the land was given to them by their father on their 21st birthday. Around 1893 they started planting the beginnings of what amounted to 32 different species of trees from around the world, including a grove of Redwood's from seedlings. They were particularly interested in evergreens and began to collect seeds and seedlings from as far away as Russia, Austria, Japan, France, Italy and California. They decided to build a two-storey treehouse to live in, it was rebuilt several times because of fires. They donated the land to the City of Surrey, the original treehouse has now been replaced.